Heathcote Community Visitor Days
May 31, Aug 23 & Nov 1, 2014
21300 Heathcote Road, Freeland, MD 21053.www.heathcote.org
Heathcote Visitor Days typically include gardening, music at the farmhouse, a community presentation, lunch, community tour, work projects, socializing, dinner and an evening activity such as a sing-a-long, bonfire, or game night. Register for Visitor Day here.

Making Meetings Magic Workshop
May 31, 9AM – 5PM
at Blueberry Hill Cohousing
9701 Farmside Place, Vienna VA
Learn tools use can use for effective, fun and energizing meetings where decision are made with grade and flow. Register online at stormintegration.com/register.

The Mid-Atlantic Cohousing Bus Tour has been sold out for weeks, but there is one last opportunity to get a seat: check out the CohoUS auction!

The Cohousing Association of the US (CohoUS) is currently hosting an online auction until May 17, 2013, 11PM PST. Scan an intriguingly diverse lineup of national and local vacation trips & excursions, artwork & jewelry, professional consultations and coaching sessions, and — of course — overnight stays and tours of cohousing communities throughout the US, all from cohousers and cohousing communities across the US.

See what’s up for bid at http://auctions.readysetauction.com/cohousing/. Auction proceeds benefit CohoUS, a national, donor-based organization that advances cohousing by providing assistance to forming and existing cohousing communities.

Find a gift for family and friends, get something for yourself, or just make a donation and help CohoUS build a better society one neighborhood at a time.

We told you it would, and it did: The Mid-Atlantic Cohousing Annual Spring Bus Tour has SOLD OUT and it’s not even May. People are hungry to learn about community. (Speaking of hungry, I hear the folks at Liberty Village Cohousing are planning a delicious meal of locally grown fare for lunch during the tour.)

It is still possible to go on the tour, if you act fast. One of the tour attendees bought a couple of tickets but is now unavailable to attend. Contact kori [at] midAtlanticCohousing [dot] org ASAP to find out how to buy the tickets directly from the attendee.

Walking the pedestrian-friendly paths of a local cohousing community and conversing with the people who live there is, arguably, THE best way to get to know cohousing. One of the members of Good Tree Village went last year and it only stoked her desire to live in an intentional community.

Mid-Atlantic Cohousing’s Annual Spring Bus Tour is set to hit the road on Saturday, 18 May 2013 from 8:30AM – 6:30PM, visiting several cohousing communities throughout Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia. Whether you’re just checking out the cohousing concept, need to talk with someone about how to create a cohousing community, or you’re ready to move into an existing cohousing neighborhood, MAC’s bus tour will be expedition well worth your time. Register before April 7 to get early-bird pricing.

The owner is expecting offers within the next two weeks, so this opportunity requires a quick turnaround. If you are interested in joining Good Tree Village to create the first Muslim cohousing community in Prince George’s county or for more details, contact Ishaq at 301.337.7171.

Experience and discuss the future of sustainable community with the movie Within Reach, followed by conversation with Associate Producer Raines Cohen, at a near-Metro cohousing community. Warm up after the #ForwardOnClimate 350.org rally at the White House (and maybe park there beforehand and Metro in to avoid downtown traffic/parking challenges) and meet cohousers and cohousing professionals visiting from all over. Sponsored by Mid-Atlantic Cohousing, the regional group providing education about community in the greater DC area.

Raines Cohen is a Cohousing Coach and Cohousing California / East Bay Cohousing regional organizer in Berkeley, California. Raines’ friends Amanda and Ryan set out to make a documentary of a trip seeking sustainable community, visiting 100 Ecovillages, cohousing neighborhoods, co-ops, group houses, and more, all across the country…6500 miles by bicycle! Watch the trailer:

The movie is now available for community screenings, after several years in development. It focuses on ten key communities, including cohousing and spiritual communities, and includes animations about sustainable community.

… one man in the Berkeley Fundraiser Preview Premiere audience stood up and said:“I fell in love with this country again.”

… Betsy Morris of East Bay Cohousing writes:“A fabulous and inspiring movie. A new take on the great American road trip.”

… Josh Harper of New Hope Community in Oakland, California said:“I was so inspired by your film tonight. The world is longing to know the truth you reveal in your journey. May it be seen by many.”